UDavide ukumpristi u-Ahimeleki eNobi. Ubaleka aye ku-Akhishi
1UDavide wayeseya eNobi ku-Ahimeleki umpristi; u-Ahimeleki waya ukumhlangabeza uDavide ethuthumela, wathi kuye: “Yini ukuba uwedwa, kungekho muntu nawe, na?”
2UDavide wathi ku-Ahimeleki umpristi: “Inkosi ingiyalezile udaba, yathi kimi: ‘Makungazi muntu ngalolu daba engikuthuma ngalo nengikuyale ngalo.’ Izinsizwa zami ngizazisile indawo ethile. 3Manje kuyini okuphansi kwesandla sakho na? Nginike esandleni sami izinkwa eziyisihlanu noma kuyini okukhona.”
4Umpristi wamphendula uDavide, wathi: “Asikho isinkwa esivamileyo nje phansi kwesandla sami, kepha kukhona isinkwa esingcwele, uma izinsizwa zizigcinile esifazaneni kuphela.”
5UDavide wamphendula umpristi, wathi: “Impela abesifazane bavinjelwe kithina ngalezi zinsuku; izinto zezinsizwa zazingcwele ekuphumeni kwami; noma kuyindlela evamileyo nje, izinto zazo zisengcwele nanamuhla.” 6Umpristi wayesemnika isinkwa esingcwele, ngokuba kwakungekho sinkwa lapho, isinkwa sokubukwa kuphela, ebesisusiwe phambi kukaJehova ukuba kubekwe isinkwa esisashisayo mhla sisuswa.
7Kepha umuntu othile wezinceku zikaSawule wayelapho ngalolo suku, ebambekile phambi kukaJehova, ogama lakhe lalinguDowegi wabakwa-Edomi, omkhulu wabelusi bakaSawule.
8UDavide wathi ku-Ahimeleki: “Akukho lapho phansi kwesandla sakho umkhonto noma inkemba na? Ngokuba angifikanga nenkemba yami nezikhali zami, ngokuba udaba lwenkosi lwalusheshisa.”
9Wayesethi umpristi: “Inkemba kaGoliyati umFilisti owambulala esigodini sase-Ela, bheka, ilapho, isongiwe ngengubo emva kwengubo yamahlombe. Uma uthanda ukuyithatha, yithathe, ngokuba ayikho lapha enye ngaphandle kwayo.”
UDavide wathi: “Ayikho enjengayo; nginike yona.”
10Wayesesuka uDavide, wabaleka ngalolo suku ngokwesaba uSawule, waya ku-Akhishi inkosi yaseGati. 11Izinceku zika-Akhishi zathi kuye: “Lo akasiye uDavide, inkosi yezwe, na? Abavumelananga yini ngaye omunye nomunye, besina bethi:
“ ‘USawule ubulele izinkulungwane zakhe,
kepha uDavide izinkulungwane zakhe eziyishumi,’ na?”
12UDavide wabeka lawo mazwi enhliziyweni yakhe, wamesaba kakhulu u-Akhishi inkosi yaseGati. 13Waguquka ingqondo phambi kwabo, wazenza ohlanyayo ezandleni zabo, wadweba ezivalweni zamasango, wehlisela amathe esilevini.
14U-Akhishi wayesethi ezincekwini zakhe: “Bheka, uyabona ukuthi lo muntu uyahlanya; nimletheleni kimi na? 15Ngiswele izinhlanya yini ukuba nimlethe lo muntu ukuzenza uhlanya ebusweni bami na? Angene endlini yami lona na?”
